The indoor golf league, headed up by Tiger Woods and Rory McIlroy, got off to a rousing start - even with the mismatch between The Bay and New York.

The whole thing takes two hours or so, a nice improvement on a five-hour round (or a 10-hour broadcast) on the PGA Tour. The players all come from that tour. Most are prime-aged stars, but the league’s centerpieces are Tiger Woods and Rory McIlroy,